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kill and make alive? Is not this a divine prerogative? And does it not belong to Him whose voice rebuked fevers, storms and demons and pierced the cold eaT of death?—Maclaren. v. 6. The wolf shall dweU with the lamb. The whole creation, which now groaneth and travaileth in pain, is to be delivered into the glorious liberty of the children of God (Rom. 8:21, 22). The animal kingdom is to share in the peace of the peaceful reign of Christ (Is. 65:25).—Marsh. It is one Of those errors which distort the truth to sup pose that by these animals which the prophet sees tamed in the kingdom age, he means violent human characters. When Isaiah talks of the beasts he means the beasts. The passage forms a parallel to the well-known passage in Romans 8. Isaiah and Paul, chief apos tles of the two covenants, both inter rupt their magnificent odes upon the outpouring of the Spirit to remind us that the benefits of this will be shared by the brute creation.— Smith. Leopard lie down with the kid. There are sev eral passages which indicate that the very nature of wild beasts will be changed during the millennial reign of Christ in the land. The wolf, the Jeo pard, the young lion, the bear, will quietly feed with the cow, the lamb, the kid, the calf, and their young shall lie down together. They will no longer be carnivorous. The lion shall eat straw like the ox. The serpents will no longer be venomous, for the babe will be un harmed by asp or adder. No lion (such as we know now— Is. 35:9) shall be there, nor any venomous beast.—Haber- shon. v. 8. Cockatrice’ den. A fabulous serpent, supposed to be hatched from the egg of a cock. The Hebrew means a kind of adder, more venomous than the asp. Possibly the basilisk is meant, which was thought to poison even with its breath.— Bochert. v. 9. As waters cover the sea. As the waters find their way into every cavern of its depths, so Christianity shall pervade every recess of the earth in those days.— Jamieson. v. 10. To it shall the Gentiles seek. “ Of Him shall the Gentiles inquire,” viz., in a religious sense, resort to as an oracle for consultation in difficulties. Compare Rom. 15:12 which quotes this passage, “ In Him shall the Gentiles trust.”— Horsley.
shall bear fruit when our Lord comes back as King.— Torrey. Christ is the Son of manias to His humanity, the Son of God as to His Deity, the Son of David as to His royalty. It ds as the latter He is to sit on the throne of His father David (Lk. 1:32; Ps. 132:11; Is. 9:6, 7 ).—Marsh. v. 2. Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him. Here is presented the seven fold Spirit of Christ. Six of the seven characteristic qualities belong in pairs: (1) Spirit of wisdom— originality and sagacity. (2) UnderstandingiS-insight into mystery, and moral discrimination. ( 3) Counsel — authority, perceptive teaching, legislation. (4) Might— om nipotence, power, love. (5) Knowledge — accuracy, prophetic foresight. (6) Fear of the Lord—morality, spiritual ity, ethical and judicial. (7) Quick- scented— spiritual intuition, instinct. This unfailing divine instinct was pe culiarly characteristic of Christ. He de tected evil immediately and beneath all guises.— Pierson. The spirit of wis dom. Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are specified to imply that the perfection of them was to be in Him. Compare seven spirits (Rev. 1 :4 ).— Brown. v. 3. Quick understanding. He is keen-scented to discern the essences of things, alert to perceive the reality be hind the semblance, to see things as they are. He has knowledge of every secret place.— Jowett. v. 4. With righteousness shall He judge. It is implied that the earth shall be extraordinarily wicked when He shall come to judge and reign. His reign shall therefore be ushered in with judg ments on the apostates (Ps. 2:9-12; Lk. 18:8; Rev. 2:27).— J. F. & B. He shall smite the earth. He will be a resolute King. He shall smite the wicked. Saul lost his kingdom through his hesitation to slay the enemy of God (1 Sam. 15:22, 23), but With Christ there will be no hesitation, but resolutely and faithfully shall He put down the wicked one men tioned in 2 Thess. 2:8, and all who, like him, are guilty of self-will.—Marsh. The rod of His mouth. Condemning sentences which proceed from His mouth against the wicked (Rev. 1:16; 2:16; 19:15, 21).— Sel. Breath of His lips. He will do it easily with a word, speaking, as He laid those flat who came to seize Him (Jn. 18:6). The apostle ap plies this to the destruction of the man of sin (2 Thess. 2:8) .—Henry. Who is He whose bare word thus has power to
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